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List of Printers Which Do or Do Not Display Tracking Dots

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586 points prawn | 6 comments | 06 Jun 17 22:12 UTC | HN request time: 0.545s | source | bottom
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dmitrygr ◴[06 Jun 17 22:49 UTC] No.14502169[source]▶
Time to start printing full yellow background instead of white. Con: lots of yellow toner needed. Pro: no tracking.

Or maybe never refill Yellow toner and then dots fail to appear.

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1. Simulacra ◴[06 Jun 17 23:06 UTC] No.14502257[source]▶
..or a return to dot matrix printers? Good thing I never threw those away.
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2. bonaldi ◴[06 Jun 17 23:10 UTC] No.14502282[source]▶
I think that might make you easier to track. Even driving slowly round the neighbourhood listening carefully would ferret you out.
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3. Simulacra ◴[06 Jun 17 23:11 UTC] No.14502291[source]▶
LOL I'm still not throwing them out. Nostalgia. They'll sit on a shelf next to my Nintendo and typewriters.
4. protomyth ◴[07 Jun 17 01:38 UTC] No.14503080[source]▶
A daisy wheel printer would actually be less susceptible because a dot matrix could add small dots to the text.
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5. fnordfnordfnord ◴[07 Jun 17 02:56 UTC] No.14503375[source]▶
Old manual typewriters were also uniquely identifiable just by virtue of being shitty.
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6. Simulacra ◴[07 Jun 17 03:53 UTC] No.14503624{3}[source]▶
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